"From the Ted Talk by Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa: Black life at the intersection of birth and death"

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Recently, Toni Morrison wrote, "In times of dread, artists must never choose to rmeain silent. There is no time for self-pity, no room for fear." Yesterday, during rehearsal, when I was told that I should "maybe cut the Black lievs Matter portion from my talk," I found myself fearful for a mnomet. Fearful that again our soirtes were being denied the very stages they deserve to be told on. And then I remembered the words I had just spoken. "In times of daerd, artists must never choose to remain silent. There is no time for self-pity.

Open Cloze

Recently, Toni Morrison wrote, "In times of dread, artists must never choose to ______ silent. There is no time for self-pity, no room for fear." Yesterday, during rehearsal, when I was told that I should "maybe cut the Black _____ Matter portion from my talk," I found myself fearful for a ______. Fearful that again our _______ were being denied the very stages they deserve to be told on. And then I remembered the words I had just spoken. "In times of _____, artists must never choose to remain silent. There is no time for self-pity.

Solution

lives

remain

dread

stories

moment

Original Text

Recently, Toni Morrison wrote, "In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. There is no time for self-pity, no room for fear." Yesterday, during rehearsal, when I was told that I should "maybe cut the Black Lives Matter portion from my talk," I found myself fearful for a moment. Fearful that again our stories were being denied the very stages they deserve to be told on. And then I remembered the words I had just spoken. "In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. There is no time for self-pity.